Since 10/7 there have been reports that Israeli women were raped as well as murdered during the Hamas attack on Israel. And since that day Hamas has been denying it. There have also been a significant number of very online leftists doing their best to downplay or outright deny the sexual violence carried out by Hamas. As recently as a few weeks ago they were all talking about the lack of evidence for it. Here’s an example of the sort of thing I mean. This comes from a leftist site called MintPress News. It’s not an outright denial just a strong suggestion that these claims about Hamas and rape may not be true.
Did Hamas Carry Out Mass Rapes On October 7th?
Almost immediately after the seven-day truce and prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel, out of which we heard testimonies that Palestinian women were being raped in Israeli jails, the claims of sexual violence against…
